Cliffside Park High School

Cliffside Park High School
Address
Map
538 Palisade Avenue

Cliffside Park
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07010

United States
Coordinates40°49′16″N 73°59′13″W / 40.821°N 73.987°W / 40.821; -73.987
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtCliffside Park School District
NCES School ID340327000304[1]
PrincipalLawrence Pinto
Faculty95.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,240 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.1:1[1]
Color(s)  Red and
  Black[2]
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameRed Raiders[2]
RivalRidgefield Park High School
PublicationThe Cliffside Courier
Websitesites.google.com/cliffsidepark.edu/cphs-remote-learning-resources/home

Cliffside Park High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Cliffside Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Cliffside Park School District.[3]

Students from Fairview attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Fairview Public Schools.[3][4]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,240 students and 95.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. There were 441 students (35.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 103 (8.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1] In the 2011-12 school year, 36.1% of students at the high school spoke English as their first language at home, while 44.4% spoke Spanish, 4.4% speak Arabic, 3.8% speak Portuguese, 1.9% speak Korean, 1.9% speak Turkish and 7.6% speak other languages. Among the graduates of the Class of 2010, 51.2% planned to attend four-year colleges, while 38.5% planned on attending two-year colleges.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Cliffside Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Parents Handbook, Cliffside Park High School. Accessed November 15, 2020. "Cliffside Park is a receiving district for high school students from Fairview. "
  4. ^ Cliffside Park High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 25, 2016. "Cliffside Park High School services approximately 1135 students of Cliffside Park and the neighboring community of Fairview."
  5. ^ Cliffside Park High School 2011-2012 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 13, 2013.